Respectfully:
Research has several times shown that acupuncture does not work. Therefore Western medicine concludes that acupuncture is just a placebo and a cheat.
NOW, Research shows that Western surgery is no better than placebo on Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy. Does this mean that acupuncturists conclude that surgery is just a placebo and a cheat?
Link: New England journal of Medicine:
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